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Land-Use Ratios (in percent) for Communities Over 100,000
<br /> Residential Right
<br /> 411 City or town Population (single-family) Comm'l Ind'l Public Inst'l Parks of way
<br /> Albuquerque, N.M. 385,000 57% (47%) 15% 5% 23% 11% 8% 4%
<br /> Amherst,N.Y. 112,000 43 (40) 7 2 48 12 12 24
<br /> Atlanta 437,000 54 5 9 32 11 (combined) 21
<br /> Aurora,Colo. 232,000 44 21 17 18 NA NA NA
<br /> Austin,Tex. 345,000 48 (43) 7 5 38 7 5 26
<br /> Baltimore 787,000 42 27 6 25 16(combined) 9
<br /> Charlotte,N.C. 395,000 61 10 6 24 21 (combined) 2
<br /> Cleveland 506,000 35 5 15 45 6 7 32
<br /> Dallas 1,007,000 58 (50) 8 12 22 5 8 9
<br /> Detroit 1,028,000 43 (33) 5 9 44 13 (combined) 31
<br /> El Paso 485,000 42(36) 6 10 42 15 5 22
<br /> Evansville, Ind. 129,000 57 24 5 14 NA 8 6
<br /> Fort Worth 448,000 50(45) 7 12 31 6 13 12
<br /> Hartford,Conn. 136,000 32 11 4 53 16 16 21
<br /> Honolulu 432,000 30 34 15 12 6 6 NA
<br /> Indianapolis 742,000 55 (48) 7 10 28 28 (combined) NA
<br /> Lansing,Mich. 127,000 60 6 10 24 11 13 NA
<br /> Lexington,Ky. 214,000 58 8 8 25 18 (combined) 7
<br /> Long Beach,Calif. 440,000 48 (32) 12 22 18 6 6 6
<br /> • Madison,Wis. 191,000 39 8 4 49 7 12 30
<br /> Norfolk, Va. 266,000 44(33) 9 4 43 27 6 10
<br /> Omaha 336,000 38 5 4 53 20(combined) 33
<br /> Peoria,III. 113,000 52 8 6 34 7 21 6
<br /> Reno, Nev. 101,000 36(25) 8 5 51 25 21 5
<br /> St. Paul 270,000 37 4 14 45 7 12 26
<br /> Salt Lake City 163,000 25 (20) 7 9 59 7 7 45
<br /> Santa Clarita,Calif. 121,000 70(59) 6 14 10 5 5 NA
<br /> Tampa, Fla. 834,000 44(30) 15 26 15 10 5 NA
<br /> Tempe,Ariz. 133,000 41 (30) 8 10 41 11 16 24
<br /> Topeka, Kan. 122,000 50 10 6 34 21 13 NA
<br /> Tucson, Ariz. 419,000 52 (39) 10 5 33 8 5 20
<br /> Youngstown,Ohio 104,000 60 9 8
<br /> 23 8 13 2
<br /> Ratio Averages 48% (38%) 10% 10% 32% NA NA NA
<br /> How Land-Use Ratios Have Changed in Large Cities Over the Years
<br /> Residential Right
<br /> Year of survey (single-family) Comm'l Ind'I Public Inst'l Parks of way
<br /> 1992 48% (38%) 10% 10% 32% NA NA NA
<br /> . 1983 48 (39) 9 12 31 NA NA NA
<br /> 1973 40 10 5 45.. 19 (combined) 26
<br /> 1955 40(32) 3 6 51 11 7 33
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